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Board committee advances city apology resolution to African Americans; public urges concrete reparations
Summary
The Government Audit & Oversight Committee voted to send to the full Board a resolution apologizing to African Americans and their descendants and urging departments to examine historic harms; public commenters urged immediate, tangible reparative actions beyond an apology.
The Government Audit & Oversight Committee voted to send to the full Board of Supervisors a resolution apologizing on behalf of the City and County of San Francisco to African Americans and their descendants for systemic and structural discrimination and committing to steps toward redress and non-repetition.
Supervisor Shamann Walton, sponsor of the resolution, and witnesses from the Human Rights Commission and the African American Reparations Advisory Committee presented the apology as one element of a broader reparations…
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